Iconography
Iconography is an essential part of film making as it infers to the audience what genre the film is. The sci-fi genre is very specific for iconography and it is hard to link to any other genre as you have key elements such as life on different planets or extra terrestrial humans in these films, some films also include time travel like Back to the Future. Despite the iconography of sci-fi being specific to it's genre, the theme of time travel can be used in other film genres such as comedy and action. Due to this, when comedy or action films focus on time travel as their main storyline such as Click and Edge of Tomorrow, they would have sci-fi as their sub genre as they incorporate iconography from sci-fi into their film.
A film where sci-fi iconography is shown prolifically is the Star Wars franchise. Throughout the franchise the film focuses on interplanetary fights between extra terrestrial beings and the whole franchise is set in an unknown time and in a galaxy "far far away". As well as this, due to the Star Wars franchise being a sci-fi specific genre they feature iconic sci-fi actors such as James Earl Jones and Harrison Ford to make their films more relatable.
One other feature in science fiction films that is very iconic is the props they use in the films. For example in Back to the Future Marty McFly drives the DeLorean back in time. The reason why props are so iconic for science fiction films is due to the prop playing a key part in the storyline which in this case sends the main character back in time. Iconic props are that effective that car manufacturers have made the DeLorean so they can drive the car like Marty McFly did in back to the future. Similar to this, Star Wars did the same in creating a light saber. Light sabers play a key part in Star Wars as they convey to the audience how strong a character is. This prop also became very effective in the real world as they sold the light sabers used in the movies for thousands of dollars because of their significance.
Therefore due to iconography playing a key part in science fiction films, we decided to inherit this trend and create the time travelling fidget spinner as a prop that sends our main character back in time.
Titles
Title sequences in the sci-fi genre aren't really iconic as there is only a handful of science fiction films that include iconography for their title sequences. For example films like Star Wars and Green Lantern feature space in the background of the film matched with incidental music which matches the film's intent and genre. The reason why some science fiction films tend to use iconic titles is so that the audience feel encapsulated by the movie right from the very start of the film. Furthermore by adding non-diegetic incidental music to the title sequence this encourages the audience to feel excited about what is coming up in the film. Therefore, when making our title sequence we will add a title sequence that supports our films theme and aesthetic. We will do this by adding typography that is apparent on the film poster and title of the film onto our title sequence to strengthen our continuity whilst adding the films score to the title sequence as non-diegetic music to further strengthen our media product as a whole.
However, their are some of sci-fi movies that don't have title sequences as it doesn't add much to the story. An example of this would be James Cameron's Avatar as that only features credits at the end briefly. This is done by several directors due to the fact that a lot of people tend to skip the title sequences at the end of the film. Due to this reason, we have decided to make our title sequence interesting so that the audience will still be engaged right till the end of the film. We will do this by taking comedic poses of our characters and displaying them with the title sequence at the end to convey a humorous message to the audience whilst they wait for the final scene. Furthermore, we have decided to add the final scene of our film after the title sequence at the end so that the audience is encouraged to watch the title sequence cause they want to find out what happens to the character at the end of our film.
One other feature in science fiction films that is very iconic is the props they use in the films. For example in Back to the Future Marty McFly drives the DeLorean back in time. The reason why props are so iconic for science fiction films is due to the prop playing a key part in the storyline which in this case sends the main character back in time. Iconic props are that effective that car manufacturers have made the DeLorean so they can drive the car like Marty McFly did in back to the future. Similar to this, Star Wars did the same in creating a light saber. Light sabers play a key part in Star Wars as they convey to the audience how strong a character is. This prop also became very effective in the real world as they sold the light sabers used in the movies for thousands of dollars because of their significance.
Titles
Title sequences in the sci-fi genre aren't really iconic as there is only a handful of science fiction films that include iconography for their title sequences. For example films like Star Wars and Green Lantern feature space in the background of the film matched with incidental music which matches the film's intent and genre. The reason why some science fiction films tend to use iconic titles is so that the audience feel encapsulated by the movie right from the very start of the film. Furthermore by adding non-diegetic incidental music to the title sequence this encourages the audience to feel excited about what is coming up in the film. Therefore, when making our title sequence we will add a title sequence that supports our films theme and aesthetic. We will do this by adding typography that is apparent on the film poster and title of the film onto our title sequence to strengthen our continuity whilst adding the films score to the title sequence as non-diegetic music to further strengthen our media product as a whole.
However, their are some of sci-fi movies that don't have title sequences as it doesn't add much to the story. An example of this would be James Cameron's Avatar as that only features credits at the end briefly. This is done by several directors due to the fact that a lot of people tend to skip the title sequences at the end of the film. Due to this reason, we have decided to make our title sequence interesting so that the audience will still be engaged right till the end of the film. We will do this by taking comedic poses of our characters and displaying them with the title sequence at the end to convey a humorous message to the audience whilst they wait for the final scene. Furthermore, we have decided to add the final scene of our film after the title sequence at the end so that the audience is encouraged to watch the title sequence cause they want to find out what happens to the character at the end of our film.
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